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Growing great turf has its challenges. Regulatory requirements, demanding customers, and mother nature all make for an interesting business environment.
Our 80+ years of experience will help you navigate each of those challenges, whether you are in professional lawn care and landscape, sports turf
and parks, or a dealer selling to the green industry or the public.

In today's environment of limited inputs, turfgrass health is the top priority. Our line of unique enhancers/fertilizers are specifically designed to keep turf as healthy and vibrant as possible, minimizing the weed, insect, or other types of infestations or damage.

Lawn Life sells a selection of high quality granular fertilizers designed to provide both excellent value and professional results. Our blends come with varying release rates that will match your needs and come by the bag or by the skid.

Sports Turf/Parks

Grass seed blends specifically designed to meet the needs of Sports Turf Managers. Weed control on turf and specialty fertilizers. Non selective herbicides for parks. Solutions for growth, restorative and control.

Lawn Life carries posting signs and stakes for residential or commercial use, as well as various types of equipment & parts for different applications providing both efficient and effective turf management capabilities.

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Dealers

Lawn Life has an extensive network of dealers coast to coast. Check out our list of products, which includes labels and msds, and more. You get outstanding technical support online, on the phone, or in person.

While our dealer network runs across Canada, there are territories still available to sell our product line. We would be pleased to speak to you about any of our products, whether you serve turf professionals or sell directly to the public.

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Summer 2017 Update and Info

Jul 25, 2017 -

A Huge Leap Forward in Grub Control

New to North America last year, the Steinernema scarabaei nematode is being commercially produced and is available for purchase in 2017. This beneficial
nematode is highly pathogenic to several white grub species and is much easier to store and apply than traditional entomopathogenic nematodes. Lawn
Life is excited to announce that we have the exclusive rights to this product for the Canadian turfgrass market.

Reseach Shows Very Strong Results

Steinernema scarabaei was first discovered by Albrecht M. Koppenhofer at Rutgers Univerisity more than 15 years ago. Since that time many studies have
been done and the research continues to show that Steinernema scarabaei offers 75-95+% control on third instar Japanese beetle, Oriental beetle and
European chafer grubs. This is an exciting breakthrough for the turfgrass industry because it means we now have a viable, natural control for one of
our most common turfgrass insect pests.

"Steinernema scarabaei has expectionally high virulence against a wide range of white grub species and is effective and persists very well in a wide range of soil types and soil moisture levels." - USGA

What makes scarabaei so much more effective on white grubs compared to previous nematode species is the fact that it is bigger and more aggressive, plus
it is raised on a live host (Gaillardia moth), which makes it a healthier and stronger nematode.

Infection takes place 3-4 days after an application, with highest mortality coming 21 days after treatment. This nematode should be applied in August when
larvae are young (first and second instars) for best results, but can be applied late summer and into the fall as well with the data indicating good
control on third instar grubs.

What has limited scarabaei's commercial availability to date has been the inability to effectively mass produce this nematode. While the manufacturing
process is still labour intensive, these challenges have been overcome and production commenced at our facility in Mono, Ontario last year.

Beneficial Nematodes Vs. Plant Parasitic Nematiodes

It is important to distinguish between plant parasitic nematodes - the harmful one's that can be destructive to turfgrass plants during stressful summer
months and entomopathogenic nematodes - the beneficial nematodes that attack turfgrass pests such as white grubs. Healthy soils depend on beneficial
nematodes to keep turfgrass predators at bay so that roots can flourish and continue to play a vital role in soil microbiology.

Summary

There is sure to be a large uptake of this product in lawn care given the challenges to date with previous nematode species. Steinernema scarabaei does
not need to be refridgerated and can be applied even with larger, more mature grubs, so contact us today for a quote!

Justin Parsons Joins Lawn Life

May 05, 2017 -

Lawn Life Natural Turf Products is pleased to announce the addition of Justin Parsons as Assistant General Manager. "We're very excited to have such a
respected golf and turf industry individual joining our team" says Lawn Life president Richard Reed.

"Lawn Life has experienced tremendous growth over the last 5 years, and with the addition of Justin we can expand our presence in the professional Canadian
turf market as well as pursuing retail and US turf opportunities."

Justin will also take on a managerial and product development role, assisting owner Richard Reed with bringing new technology to the lawn care, golf, and
sports turf sectors. "With Justin coming aboard, along with sales manager Ken Pavely, we are well positioned to keep moving ahead."

Justin's first ten years in the turfgrass industry were spent with multiple golf course maintenance departments in the GTA, including five years as an
assistant superintendent. His last six years have been spent working for Engage Agro, first as a Technical Sales Representative and eventually working
his way up to Sales and Accounts Manager of the Professional Turf Division. He has also been active in the industry serving OGSA's OnCourse magazine
for the last twelve years, including five as Editor and as a Director for the Ontario Turfgrass Research Foundation for the past four years.

Justin has a Bachelor of Journalism from Ryerson University and a Turfgrass Management Diploma from Seneca College.